The launch of passenger ferry service between Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka’s Kankesanthurai is “truly a big step” for people-to-people contacts between India and Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
Jaishankar virtually joined the launch of the ferry services that was flagged off by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal at Nagapattinam. In his virtual address, the external affairs minister said the ferry service between the two countries is also an affirmation of the people-centric policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. In its debut journey, the Vessel Cheriyap travelled with 50 passengers to Sri Lanka to return back to India the same day evening with passengers from Sri Lanka.
